The NCAA Transfer Portal has played a key role in shaping the Texas basketball program's roster over the past few years. Second-year Texas head coach Rodney Terry has used the portal to rebuild his roster amid coaching changes over the past few years.
The Longhorns have had three different head coaches in the past four years, so roster attrition was inevitable in this era of the NIL and transfer portal. Dating back to the 2021 offseason, the Longhorns lost 16 players to the transfer portal.
Six of the 16 departures from the portal came this spring for Terry and his staff. The Texans refocused their roster construction strategy this offseason, acquiring more size and capable scorers to allow them to run Terry's free offensive system while holding up in a variety of matchups on the defensive end of the floor. I guessed.
Texas has had success with immediate-effect transfers in recent years. Many of the Longhorns' top players who have led them to multiple NCAA Tournament championships over the past three years were added through the portal between 2021 and 2023.
Senior big man Dylan DiSu and senior guard Max Abmas were both All-Big 12 selections and combined for over 30 points per game for the Longhorns last season. Dis was added from the portal during the 2021 offseason. And Abmas was Texas' marquee signing in last offseason's portal class.
Here, let's take a look at the current status of each player transferred from Texas after the 2023-24 season, including those who left the portal this offseason.